Sunday, July 18, 2010

Kale in Coconut Gravy/Kale Masak Lemak

Kale is a leafy vegetable that is usually grouped into the “Cooking Greens” category with collards, mustard and Swiss chard. The leaves can be curly and quite ornamental, but become too tough to eat fresh, as they mature. Kale is a member of the cabbage family and is considered to be a highly nutritious vegetable with powerful antioxidant properties; kale is considered to be anti-inflammatory. The beautiful leaves of the kale plant provide an earthy flavor and more nutritional value for fewer calories than almost any other food around. Although it can be found in markets throughout the year, it is in season from the middle of winter through the beginning of spring when it has a sweeter taste and is more widely available.

My friend Zue introduced me to cooked kale this way. Back in Malaysia they usually cook masak lemak with cassava leaves or pucuk paku (fiddleheads/fern shoot) but we can’t get this type of vegetables here so we replace it with kale which tasted pretty similar to pucuk paku.

1. Wash the kale and remove the hard steams.
2. Bring the water and coconut milk to boil. Add in sweet potato, garlic, turmeric, lemongrass and ginger. Stir until combined and add in the kale. Continue to cook until the kale and potato are soft.
3. Add in the shrimps, salt and sugar to taste. Cook for another 2 minutes. Dish out serve warm with rice.

Oh boy oh boy, you really making hungry! I can take a big bowl of rice just with this. I like vegetables masak lemak in a mild way. It tastes so spicy sweet & flavourful. Remember those pucuk paku? That even yummier.LOL! I think you must be craving for that as well! haha.... Hope you're enjoying your day.Cheers, Kristy

Remember when we were talking about this recipe?...meant to ask you for the exact recipe since I got a new batch of kale growing at my backyard...macam you can read my mind...telepathy...lol!Okay,i'll do this one of these days but I think I'll skip the sweet potatoes but add ikan bilis instead.Thank you...kiss!kiss!

I've seen kale being mentioned and was wondering what type of veggie it is. Is there a 'Malaysian' name for it? I so crave for this masak lemak now. Looks super delicious! Hmm...I have sweet potato leaves growing in my backyard and might just cook this soon. It's one of my fmly's fav dish. Can surely 'tambah' nasi with this!

I enjoyed reading, this recipe is looks great! but I’ve found easier way to save time from doing all this chopping I use “Dorot” which are Frozen Herbs, like Crushed chili Cubes and their Chopped garlic Cubes. It really saves time and hassle

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